It's times like these when being the jack of all trades is not a good thing at all. Unbelievable.
I could sit at my desk and fume right now. Un-freaking-believable. I guess I've put myself in this predicament. And yet I still think it's slightly unfair.
I'm too good at my job. I'm too good at being a jack of all trades. I'm the transport guru, the 3PL guru, the pick/pack guru, the retail guru, the technology guru, the FMCG guru. Far out. Damn all these people who wanna work with me!
Yet, I don't think it's me. I don't think I'm great. I'm not the best analyst in Australia. I think I'm good at my job, and I know I can still learn heaps more, and be much better. I just think the rest of the team are slacking off, so I get all the work. But a work colleague riled me up just now, because he needs to train me on a transport scheduling software. I told him to train another member of the team because I just got given three extra projects today. He said he couldn't, because it's too hard to train the other guy up due to his lack of transport understanding. And no one else in the team can pick up this software as quick as me, he claims. So then he asked me why I got given these extra 3 projects, when some others in the team are twiddling their thumbs.
How do I say tactfully that it's because they asked for me specifically, because they don't trust working with the others in the team? One is no good at analysis, one has no experience in the retail sector, and one just doesn't understand warehousing? Is that my fault? Umm.. It shouldn't be. He couldn't understand why any of the others take on the projects I'm working on. And yes, honestly, they should be able to, no doubt about it. But when the BDM's specifically ask to work for me, it's a different scenario. And honestly, it's the same with this software. Why can't he train another member of the team? Why me? I have too much IP in my head. This isn't good. No wait, that's not true. I don't have too much IP in my head - the rest of the team just doesn't have as much as I do.
Time is not on my side today. Now I have a meeting with the Director tomorrow to try and sort this out. Time I don't have. Sigh. To be fair to my colleague though, I know he means well. He really does. I know he's looking out for me, because if a transport tender arrives in the next month, it will most likely land at my desk if our transport department are understaffed. And if I'm not trained, I've literally thrown myself into the deep end. Just didn't like the way he said it.
Well, I needed to blow off steam. Now that I'm calm again, I can work. Unbelievable.
I could sit at my desk and fume right now. Un-freaking-believable. I guess I've put myself in this predicament. And yet I still think it's slightly unfair.
I'm too good at my job. I'm too good at being a jack of all trades. I'm the transport guru, the 3PL guru, the pick/pack guru, the retail guru, the technology guru, the FMCG guru. Far out. Damn all these people who wanna work with me!
Yet, I don't think it's me. I don't think I'm great. I'm not the best analyst in Australia. I think I'm good at my job, and I know I can still learn heaps more, and be much better. I just think the rest of the team are slacking off, so I get all the work. But a work colleague riled me up just now, because he needs to train me on a transport scheduling software. I told him to train another member of the team because I just got given three extra projects today. He said he couldn't, because it's too hard to train the other guy up due to his lack of transport understanding. And no one else in the team can pick up this software as quick as me, he claims. So then he asked me why I got given these extra 3 projects, when some others in the team are twiddling their thumbs.
How do I say tactfully that it's because they asked for me specifically, because they don't trust working with the others in the team? One is no good at analysis, one has no experience in the retail sector, and one just doesn't understand warehousing? Is that my fault? Umm.. It shouldn't be. He couldn't understand why any of the others take on the projects I'm working on. And yes, honestly, they should be able to, no doubt about it. But when the BDM's specifically ask to work for me, it's a different scenario. And honestly, it's the same with this software. Why can't he train another member of the team? Why me? I have too much IP in my head. This isn't good. No wait, that's not true. I don't have too much IP in my head - the rest of the team just doesn't have as much as I do.
Time is not on my side today. Now I have a meeting with the Director tomorrow to try and sort this out. Time I don't have. Sigh. To be fair to my colleague though, I know he means well. He really does. I know he's looking out for me, because if a transport tender arrives in the next month, it will most likely land at my desk if our transport department are understaffed. And if I'm not trained, I've literally thrown myself into the deep end. Just didn't like the way he said it.
Well, I needed to blow off steam. Now that I'm calm again, I can work. Unbelievable.
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